Celebrate Valentine's Day with Crossing Vineyards

By Crossing Vineyards & Winery

Friday

Jan 27, 2012 at 12:01 AMJan 27, 2012 at 9:45 AM

Crossing Vineyards and Winery in Washington Crossing is offering area lovers some alternatives to the standard Valentine's Day fare: two opportunities for a five-course, candlelit dinner at the winery; a class on the world's most romantic wine - champagne - and a course on pairing wine and chocolate.

For anyone who's ever wondered how champagne gets its bubbles, Crossing will present "Champagne For Lovers" at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 at the winery, 1853 Wrightstown Road. The course will explore what champagne is, which grapes are used, and how it is made. Attendees will sample the bubbly and companion dessert. Cost is $45 per person and includes learning materials.

A lavish, five-course gourmet dinner will be offered on two nights, Feb. 11 and Feb. 14, at 7 p.m. Dinner will begin with a bacon-wrapped scallop skewer, followed by French onion soup with parmesan crostini. Next is a "surf & turf" of roasted beef tenderloin with horseradish crème fraiche and seared crab cake with white wine Dijon sauce, accompanied by sautéed haricots verts with garlic, and "dirty" mashed potatoes. A cheese course follows, then, for dessert, a flourless chocolate torte, served with coffee or tea. Plat du jour substitutions may be made in advance. Dinner will include a bottle of wine per couple. Cost of the evening is $89 per person, plus tax and gratuity.

Crossing will offer a Valentine's version of its wine and chocolate-pairing course at 2 p.m. Feb. 12. Couples will learn what creates the variety of flavors in both wine and chocolate during "Wine & Chocolate For Lovers," and will sample Crossing's award-winning wines and assorted chocolates.

Cost of the workshop is $35 per person and includes wine tasting, winery tour and a personal box of "Naked Chocolate."

Reservations for the candlelit dinner, "Champagne For Lovers" and "Wine and Chocolate For Lovers" may be made online at www.crossingvineyards.com or by calling the winery at 215-493-6500, x19.

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